May 2007 - May 2008

Vice President, Human Resources

ION Geophysical

Responsible for the corporate Human Resource function for $750,000,000 seismic equipment manufacturing/data processing company with 1500+ employees in 10 countries.

Moved HR department from a domestically focused, transactional HR team to a globally focused strategic HR partner resulting in the first global HR support for ION

Established HR dashboard reporting including staffing levels to plan, turnover by level, recruiting time to fill and cost, and succession plan readiness to provide real data for better decisions.

Designed compensation philosophy providing the right mix of base, bonus and equity to drive the appropriate focus of the employee/executive

Established corporate HR support for international benefits, recruiting and HR practices for the first time.

Sep 2005 - Mar 2008

Director Mayor White's Flexible Workplace Initiative

City of Houston

Responsible for “changing the way Houston works” by influencing CEO’s across the Houston area to establish/expand flexible work options resulting in measurable improvements in productivity and Houston’s mobility.

Removed 906 hours a day off Houston freeways with an estimated $16,800,000 annual user cost savings with Flex in the City when over 140 Houston area employers eliminated additional peak-time commutes through teleworking; compressed workweeks; and/or shifting commutes to before or after peak-commute hours

Improved productivity through flexible work options as evidenced with 96% of participants reporting their productivity levels to be the same or higher on the flexible work options and with over 50% of participants continuing the flexible work option initiated as a result of Flex in the City

May 2004 - May 2005

Vice President Human Resources

Garden Ridge

Responsible for leading Human Resources for a 35-store big box retailer with up to 4,700 employees in 13 states.

Developed HR strategy for company to successfully emerge from bankruptcy while maintaining executive credibility and employee productivity

Established performance management and incentive bonus system to enhance EBITDA

Reduced new and resolved old EEOC complaints and maintained non-union status

Created supervisory training course in a game format that emphasized the company’s core values while discovering basic supervisory skills

Summary

Accomplished, business-focused human resource leader with expertise in organization and leadership development.Dedicated to flawless HR fundamentals and establishing the right people strategy to add value to the bottom line.Recognized as a proactive, strategic business partner and an effective mentor.Proficiencies include:

Identifying and recruiting top talent to staff future skill requirements using comprehensive role and core competency modeling

Participating in the development of corporation’s strategic plan; establishing actionable corporate vision and values; then realigning the HR team to be a value-added, globally focused business partner to support the business plan

Establishing succession planning and executive development to ensure leadership continuation

References

References

Alan Faichney

“I hired Kathleen as VP of HR at Ion Geophysical. Kathleen has a great breadth of experience in HR at the highest levels, and combines this with her sharp intellect, warm personality and clear management planning skills to bring the highest quality of HR professionalism to an organisation. I enjoyed working with Kathleen a great deal, and she was instrumental in building a world-class HR function for me."

Bill White

What Mayor White had to say about Kathleen Kelley during Houston City Council Meeting:

"...the CEO of JP Morgan Chase in that region, at the last meeting of the Greater Houston Partnership, who was one of the many CEOs who had been working very closely with Kathleen Kelley, said that the entire program had been done and masterminded and driven not by 800 people at 611 Walker but by one person in City government, Kathleen Kelley, and to think that one person could have that impact because they had been utilizing the HR professionals in the private sector, that the slide presentation said it all and he wanted to thank her for all she did...." http://www.houstontx.gov/citysec/agendas/2006/20060912.pdf